Continuous hat beating machine



March 22, 1932. Q SCOTT] 1,850,775

' CONTINUOUS HAT HEATING MACHINE Fil ed Marsh 31, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet l //V V5 N 70/? Or/ando 860 7' 7'/ March 22, 1932.. Q sc -n CONTINUOUS HAT BEATING MACHINE Filed March 31, 1930 s Sheets-Sheet 2 W 7 MO W 76 n N .w V m A /J W 0 March 22, 1932. V SCOTT] 1,850,775

CONTINUOUS HAT SEATING IACHINE Filed March 51. 1950 s Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Mar. 22, 1932 E ATEi TT orr'icu ORLANDO scorr'rior'vmmwn, FRANCE] oonrrivuous nii'r IBEATING MACHINE Application mantra e1, 1930, sriaifno. 440,583, and in mm January 31,1930.

This inventionrelates to improvements in hat beatmg machinesln which the supports for the hoods are moved automatlcally in-an endless circuit and receive a rotatory movement about their axes during the period of beating the speed of which rotation is propor tional to the speed of their linear displacement. In these machines, the hood supports are mounted on shafts rotatably mounted on bearings secured to the links of an endless belt or chain.

The essential features of the invention are 1 as follows: I

1. The hood supports travel horizontally that is remain in a substantially vertical position, during the beatingofthe thongs arranged side by side on either side of the upper por tion of the endless chain.

2. The bearings for the hood spindles are connected in a removable manner on metal supports of suitable shape secured to the links of the endless chain.

3. This chain passes at each end over two sprocket wheels and carries a doublerow of grooved rollers, one row ensuring a smooth passage over the teeth of said sprocket wheels, whilst the other serves to support and guide the chain in the two straight parts of 0 the chains path.

4E. The whole apparatus is mounted inside a frame provided at its two ends with openings forthe passage of the hood supports.

5. The beating thongs, are not all of the same length in order that their action may be uniform over the whole surface of the hood,

and they may be adjusted in position by displacement .of their axes in suitable grooves to beat the hoods in a suitable and erficient 011121111161, whatever their shape, their'degree of conicity'and their height. They may also n be individually adjusted ontheir supports to compensate for the troublesome effect occurring due to their shortening after use.

The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig.1 is a longitudinal section 0111111614.

of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

pins --Th1s chain is driven'by two sprocket wheels scale of the hood supports and the links formtion arrangement for a number of machines.

According to the present invention," the bearings 1, shafts 2, hood supports-Kare mounted in a removable manner :by bOltSyl oil-metalcorners- 6 securedwon the interior 'hnksSof-the endless chain. 'Theselinksare "pivoted to the exteriorflinks 5qof the chain by 9 arranged at each 'end-iof -the machine. Grooved rollers 11 ensure easy running of'the chain over the teeth oftheaforesaidwheels 9, whilstothersrollers 13--travelling on runways 15 and 16 support and'guide the chain both in the 'upperpart of the'circuit during beating and inthe lower part during the return. This latter arrangement fillOWSIfOI' avoiding a too rapid lengthening of the chain.

"Thelinks and rollersll'a're provided with hubs 1'?- (Fig.3) permitting-to reduce oiling to a minimumso astoeliminate'itherisk of spots of'oil getting onto therhats.

I The shafts-2 forthe. hood supports 3 each carry apinion'18 which during the straight portion of the upper circuit during heating engage with a rack20-- The' apparatus is mounted in a casing 21 provided with anjopenings 2'2 and 23 at either end for the passage of the hood supports. g It is through theseopenings that at one end the hats. are'f'ed andvplaced on the supports and at -that,:at' the other end, they. are removed after beating. '1

i The arrangement of affixing the supports 1 to the links 5 of'zthe chain by means of'the bolts 41 and theicorners 6 allows for easily and pairs to a pin or asupport or the replacement of'un'suitable straps mayalso be effected with- V :outstopping the machine for very long. Fur- -"t-her the shafts'Q l' and 25 on which are mountf 'ed-the spiders 26 and rods27forsthe beating,

shown iii Fig.

in a uniform for the shape of hood will reach to the top the head p ce wh they will work efficient bu on the sides of the ho. s er ner. On the other hand the neighbouring thongs which are saorter beat he sides and operate in these latter in very efficient manner.

The profile of the beating thongs as shown in Fig. may be made up of anumber of separate strips, more or less, according to the degree of beating to which the hood is to be subjected and the process of dyeing employed. (alizarine colours, acids, chrome or mineral colours). V

The number of strips should be proportional to the weight of the hat.

Lastly a suitable system of suction appropriate for each machine allows for clearing the frame 21 of dust raise i by the thongs.

In factories using number of machines the diagrammatic arrangement shown in Fig. 7 may be employed in which the suction pipes of each machine are connected to a single fan 36.

As will be understood and as results from what has been described the invention is not limited to the single means of operation above described nor to its different parts but includes on the contrary all variations containing the application of the above arrangement and notably that in which the chain formed of articulated lements 5 is replaced by one or more grooved flexible blades (cables, belts, steel bands) on which the hood supports are mounted.

Having now particularly described and as certained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:

Continuous hat beating machine, comprising two sprocket wheels, a movable endless chain carried by said sprocket wheels, rotary hat-blocks each pivot-ed on a bracket secured to a separate link of said endless chain so as to remain in a substantially vertical position during the beating of the hats, a pinion carried by each of said blocks, a. rack fixed to the frame of the machine so as to mesh with those of said pinions travelling along the upper ing the'support of each of said whips, grooves r u n and clamps to which are iiiied be beaten straight portion of said endless chain, two horizontal parallel shafts, rotary whips carried by said shafts and working in the path of said blocks along said. upper straight portion of the endless chain, means for driving imultaneously one of said sprocket wheels two shafts, and means permitting the adjustment of the position of each beating whip in.- dividually with respect to tl blocks, said means compri I ng a rotary s ider constitutprovided in theradial arms of said the said whip, said clamps being grooves and fir: 7e in any along said grooves in order to adjust t ful length of said lashes.

Sipned at Lyon, Rhone, The French Republic, this QSth day of February, A. D.

ORLANDO SCOTTI.

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